Anticreeper for railway-rails.



F QUIST. ANTIORBEPVER FORBAALWAY RAILS. I` APPLICATIoIsr FILED 107.18, 1912.

1,055,079, Patented' Mar. 4, A1913.

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FRED QUIST, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. I

ANTI CREEPER FOR RAILWAY-RAILS.

Specification oflLetters Patent.

Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

Application ined November 1s, 1912. seriai No. 732,152.

Toc whom t may concern f Be it known that I, FRED Q'Uis'r, a citizen'v of the Uni-ted States, residingat Sau Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented'certain' new and useful Improvements in Antlcreepers for Railway-Rails; and I do declare the Vfollowing t-o be a full, clear, andexact description of the invent-ion, such as will enable o thers skilled inthe vart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

' This invention relates to improvements in anti-creeping devices for railway rails.

The object of the invent-ion is to provide a durable and eiiicient anti-Creeper for rails which also prevents tipping of the tie plate.

Another object is 'to provide an anticreeper for rails which'maybe applied to any railway tie.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invent-ion consists of certain novel features of construction,combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully Vdescribed' and claimed.

f the rail B with whichv the anti-Creeper is to In the vaccompanying drawings; Figure 1l is an end elevation of a tieequipped withI this improved device showing a rail held thereby; Fig. 2 vis a top plan view thereof; Fig. 8 is a perspectivezview of the anticreeper with the parts disassembled and arranged in juxtapositionrFig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the brackets.

In the embodiment illustrated two laterally spaced brackets 1 and 2 are shown extending from a tie A at opposite sides of be engaged. These bracketsare constructed in thejforrn shown in Fig. 4 being substantially L-shaped in cross section and onearm or plate of which is secured by suitable fastening elements t-o the tie A and the'other arm thereof projects at right angles forming a spacer for holding t-he anti-Creeper a slight distance from the tie to which it is The gripping. ork clamping member for the rail is constructed as shown in the form of two pivotally connected cam sections 5' and 6 provided at their outer ends with rail base engaging lugs 7 and 8 which have their lower faces undercutto form substantially V-shaped recesses between them. and the upper faces ofthe sections into which the side edge-.of the rail bases'project and between whichsaid bases are securely clamped by means to .be described. The lower faces of these gripping fingers or lugs Tand. 8 are preferably corrugated longitudinally or serrated in any suitable mannertlie projections 9 produced thereby being designed'to engage the upper face of the rail base tofassist in holding the rail against longitudinal movement. A shoulder 10 is -forxr'ed o-n one side of the gripping finger 8' of the section 6 and is designed to prevent the rail from ltipping should the tieto which the device A loop -11 is' is applied become worn. formed at the inner end of the section 6 and when thedevice is assembled'is arranged in 'underlying posit-ion with a similar loop 12 formed on the inner end of the section 5 the loop' 11 being preferably offset to disposethe vupper face of t-he loop 12 flush with the upper face of the 'body portion of the section6 to provide for the arrangement 'of the gripping fingers or lugs 7 and 8 in position to engage the flanges of the rail base.

'The section 5 which is preferably made shorter than the section 6 has a depending L-shap'ed locking member 13 secured to'one.

side-thereof at its outer end with the other finger and has 'ain aperture therein vfor the- Aarm of said member 13 extending laterally reception of a locking pin 15 which is designed to hold the cam locking lever 16V in operative position as will be presently de-' scribed. This locking lever 16 is provided at one end with upwardly extending camv members 17 and 18 which are arranged ecj centrically in relation to each other the upper cam 18 projecting beyond one side 0 105 the'cam 17 and being designed to fit in l the loop 12 of the sectlon .5 and the" cam 18 which is arranged below the cam 17 is adapted to fit in the loop 11 oft-he section 6 -so that when said lever 16 is swung outwardly from vthe arm 14 the sections 5 and 6 are drawn toward each other thereby causing their clamping fingers to tighten on the opposite edges of the rail base and firmly lock the clamp to said rail. 'When the lever 16 has been swung outwardly into locking position as shown in Fig. 1, the pin 15 is inserted in the aperture of the arm 14 With the flat face 19 of its head 2O bearing against one side of said lever hold it against turning. rlhis pin is located in position by means of a cotter pin 21 or any other suit-able readily removable means. To release the rail the pin 15 is removed and the lever 16 swung inwardly thereby moving the sections 5 and 6 away from each other and disengaging the gripping fingers 7 and 8 from the rail base.

Then the clamp is applied to the tie the outer ends of the sections 5 and 6 are inserted in the brackets 1 and 2 secured to the tie and by means of which the clamp is held in position and against lateral or longitudinal movement. By bein so mounted this anti-rail-creeper also per orms the function or means for holding the rails against spreading as they cannot move laterally or longitudinally when said clamping member is engaged therewith. The short section 5 is arranged on the outside of the rail to ren` der the clamp more readily accessible Without subjecting the operator to danger.

While I have described my invention with more or less minuteness as regards details and as being embodied in certain precise forms,4 do not desire to be limited thereto unduly any more than is pointed out in the claims. On the contrary, contemplate all proper changes in form, construction and arrangement', the omission of immaterial if l l ll elements and substitution of equivalents as circumstances may suggest or render expe dient.

7What- I claim is:

1. An anti-rail-creeper comprising two longitudinally adjustable sections each liaving a rail grip at its outer end and a loop atits inner end,I eccentrically disposed cams engaging said loops and forming a pivotal connection for the sections, and means for actuating said cams to dran7 said sections toward each other.

2. An anti-rail-creeper comprising two longitudinally adjustable sections each hav` ing arail grip at its 'outer end and a loop at its inner end. eccentrically disposed connected cams engaging said loops and torming pivotal connection for the sections, and means for actuating said cams to draw said sections toward each other.

3. An anti-rail-creeper comprising two longitudinally adjustable sections each having a rail grip at its outer end and a loop at its inner end. eccentrically disposed connected cams engaging said loops and form! ing a pivotal connection for the sections7 a lever secured to said cams for actuating them to draw sai-d sections toward each other, and means for locking said lever in operative position.

ln testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of tivo subscribing witnesses.

FRED QUIST.

Witnesses NORMAN O. Brnns, VILLIAM CHANEY.

ve cent s each. by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

